Paul-Louis Arslanian is a French

public servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

, former head of the French ''

Bureau d'enquêtes et d'analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile The Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA, ) is an agency of the French government, responsible for investigating aviation accidents and incidents and making safety recommendations based on what is learned from those inve ...

'' (1995-2009). Arslanian is Officier of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

, graduates from ''

École polytechnique École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

'' (promotion 1965) and ''

École nationale de l'aviation civile École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

'' (promotion 1970).

Biography

Arslanian began his career as civil aviation engineer at the

Directorate General for Civil Aviation Directorate may refer to: Contemporary *Directorates of the Scottish Government * Directorate-General, a type of specialised administrative body in the European Union * Directorate-General for External Security, the French external intelligence ag ...

followed by the ''Inspection générale de l'aviation civile et de la météorologie (IGACEM)''. He became head of the ''

'' in 1995. He was replaced by Jean-Paul Troadec in 2009.JEAN-PAUL TROADEC SUCCÈDE À PAUL-LOUIS ARSLANIAN À LA TÊTE DU BEA

Bibliography

* Académie nationale de l'air et de l'espace and Lucien Robineau, ''Les français du ciel, dictionnaire historique'', Le Cherche midi, June 2005, 782 p. (), p. 38, ''Arslanian, Paul-Louis''

References

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